Thank you very much for that lovely introduction. I suspect all of you know this but ladies and gentlemen, tonight you will be in the presence of a literary giant. Among latin american giants, Gabriel Marquez is known for mesmerizing, others educate, and captivate, and then there is Eduardo Galeano. Truth teller, galvanize her, firebrand, a writer who tells us about history, that those who inhabit the corridors of power dont want us to know more truly understand. Eduardo galeano was born a commentator, it seems. By the time he was 14 he was publishing cartoons in newspapers. By 20 he was the editor of the leftwing weekly newsletter, he became the Top Executive of a paper of record. In 1971 at the tender age of 31 he published day hair raising indictment of north american influence on the hemisphere. The open veins of latin america. Four years ago at the summit of the americas, hugo chavez hand and a copy of that book to barack obama. [applause] auld let ease with which he stepped into
Roosevelts tomorrow is now. Coverage of the 2013 president reaching festival starts now. Here is maureen beasley. Good morning. I am the Education Specialist at the roosevelt president ial library and museum and on behalf of the fdr president ial Library Museum welcome you in our audience, those of you at home watching on cspan to the tenth annual roosevelt reading festival. Franklin roosevelts plan for the library to become a premier Research Institution for the study of the roosevelt era, the librarys Research Room is one of the busiest of all the president ial libraries and this years group of authors reflect a wide variety of Research Done here. Let me go over the format for the festivals concurrent sessions. At the top of each hour session begins with a 30 minute author talk followed by a 10 minute question and answer period of. Than the authors go to the new deal store where you can purchase books and have them sign them. At the top of the next hour the process repeats itself aga
Like the person youre about to hear on their work. Before we get started, just a couple of housekeeping matters, the first is will everyone please take out your cell phone, pagers, things that beep and whistle and moon and turn them off so the program isnt interrupted. Thank you. The second thing, i want to thank cspan for being here and broadcasting this event today. They are great supporters of the Public Programs we do at the roosevelt library. We appreciate it very much. Let me tell you a little bit of the to mat for the session for those who havent been to the reading festival before. Im going to introduce the speaker. Shes going talk for forty minutes or so. After which, if time permits within well take questions. Im sure susan will be happy to speak with at the new deal store. Where you will want to flee the room to buy one for her to sign. Susan dunn is the author of 1940 fdr, wilkie, lindberg, hitler the election amid the storm shes the parish third century professor of humidi
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the afternoon session of the 10th annual roosevelt reading festival. Im bob clark, the ark vies here at the franklin d. Roosevelt library, and i cant believe its been ten years, the tenth anniversary of the building that allows us to host the event every year, and this is one of my favorites because it showcases what we do in the arian rives of the library, which is assist great writers and historians like the person youre about to hear on their work. Before we start, a couple housekeeping matters. The first is everyone, please, take out your cell phones, pagers, things that beat, whistle, and moan and turn them off so that our program is not interrupted. Thank you. Second thing, i thank cspan for being here broadcasting the event today. They are always great supporters of the Public Programs here at the roosevelt library, and we appreciate it very much. Let me tell you a little of the format of the session for those of you know been here before. Im
But i gotta say this, not all arabs are muslims and not all muslims are arabs. Yeah. And im not trying to be condescending when i say that. Because i suffered from that when i was growing up. I didnt know. I had a friend who was palestinian. And she was like, im a christian. Im like, youre an Arab Christian . What, did you convert . Shes like my familys christian. Im like, how did that happen . Because jesus is from the middle east. Oh, yeah, good point. He was, was he . My name is w. Kamau bell. As a comedian, i made a living making humor in parts of america i dont understand and now im challenging myself to dig deeper. Im on a mission to reach out and experience all the cultures and beliefs that add color to this crazy country. This is the united shades of america. Whether america as a whole wants to talk about it or not, america has always had heros who are muslims. Muhammad ali, kareem abduljabbar, and malcolm x are examples of the best of us. Theyve been held up as quintessential